Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

“If you can fix a problem for someone and do it better, quicker, and/or cheaper than your competitor, you’re off to a good start.” – Gabriel Kuperman, founder and CEO of CuePin. We created UpKeep to fill this void—a cloud-based solution that was affordable for any size business.” – Ryan Chan, founder of UpKeep.

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VC Adventure

AUGUST 10, 2010

We price our seed rounds as equity investments, always lead or co-lead … and treat them the same way we would a $10m investment… when we make a seed investment, it gets everyone’s attention. The roots of Trada can be traced back to a series of conversations Niel and I started having months before the concept of Trada was born.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. Create a strong brand, solid social community, sell advertising. Visa can make an amazing investor, just be sure to ask for money when you don’t need it.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 19, 2010

About twenty people on Answers OnStartups have asked this question in one form or another: When I meet an angel investor, he may ask: "What if a big company copies your idea and develops the same website as yours after your website goes public?". Leave a comment and join the conversation. How can I answer this question?

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. Make It Easy for Investors To Write Checks. Trending Stories.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 19, 2021

That’s because the making of the company relies on the founders, the CEO, the executives, the team members–in other words, the people who are putting in 80 to 100 hours per week, rather than the board members who are putting in one to two hours per week. Right now, our whole bet is on the CEO and the founders and making them successful.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

As the former co-founder and CEO of two technology companies, Caroline has experienced both start-up failures and successes, and has raised close to $1 million in investment capital. I’ve pitched in taxi cabs, I’ve pitched on street corners, in board rooms, on stage in front of 400 angel investors.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Advertising. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., The 20-year venture capitalist is an "angel" investor in Mr. Dreymanns new start-up, Mowingo Inc., Advertise Locally on WSJ.com.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Promotion: How effective is your advertising and branding strategy? As angel investor and writer, Lenny Rachitsy shared in an excellent tweetstorm: 4/ For many people, positioning was taught to them in school using "The Positioning Statement." Price: Do you charge premium pricing but deliver better service?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

This session will cover the latest in location-based technology and what it means for developers, users, cities, events and advertisers. Attend here: [link]  —  @merket Pitch Competition for Underrepresented Founders The future of tech is every color, gender, belief, origin, and community. Sunday 3/12 4pm.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

This dynamic births serial entrepreneurs and motivates angels and venture capitalists to pull their friends into investment deals. For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

You shouldn’t completely overlook traditional business funding paths such as loans—be sure to check out our small business loan finder —and it will never hurt to see what’s out there in terms of angel investors, if applicable to your business. See Also What the Founder of Cheek’d Can Teach You About Startup Marketing.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2011

Last week I had the pleasure to attend the DLD 2011 (Digital Life Design) conference in Munich, which was co-hosted by Dr Yossi Vardi and Burda Media, a large German media company (for those who don’t know). The people - I had great conversations and good laughs. What was so special about it? Asleep or online.

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www.quicksprout.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Home About Answers Contact Quick Sprout What I Learned About Entrepreneurship Through 15 Angel Investments by Neil Patel on October 28, 2010 Share Share Over the last 2.5 years I made 15 angel investments with my own cash. About Neil Patel Neil Patel is the co-founder of 2 Internet companies: Crazy Egg and KISSmetrics.

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Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

I believe the single best report released from Bazaarvoice to describe this network effect with hard data is The Conversation Index, Vol. How does this lesson resonate with me over four years later, after having more experience in startup investing and also co-founding and leading data.world? 8, which was released earlier this week.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

.” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers. Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet â?? Venture Hacks Angel List â??

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. On November 28, 2012. Now it’s glutted.

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